Quebec Room Murals Heritage Property Plaque, 2020.
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Resource ID
8192
Access
Open
Address
100 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J 1E3
Date of Creation
2020
Historical Themes
Architectural Heritage, Indigenous Heritage, Visual Arts
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Time Period
1900-1953, 1954-1998
Caption
Quebec Room Murals Heritage Property Plaque, 2020.
Description
The murals in this room depict the cities of Montreal and Quebec in the early 19th century. They were painted in 1958 by Harry Leslie Smith (1900–1974), a Montreal-born artist who studied at the city’s School of Fine Arts and was known for painting Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains region and the province’s Eastern Townships. The murals are based on artworks made in the early 1800s. The Quebec mural shows the Promontory of Quebec and the city’s fortifications. The Indigenous people in the foreground are likely based on stereotypes; the tipi is not associated with the region. The Montreal scene, which contains a Union Jack flag, features the city’s port and downtown, an unfinished Notre-Dame Basilica, and Mount Royal, for which the city is named.